On the Rise: These Fantasy Players are About To Heat Up

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Published: December 14, 2009

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... in the world of fantasy football (running back Quinton Ganther went for 93 total yards and two touchdowns Sunday), but the horses that got you to the postseason showed up in full force for the first weekend of the playoffs.

Wide receivers Andre Johnson (11-193-2 TDs), Brandon Marshall (21-200-2), and DeSean Jackson (6-178-1), and running backs Ray Rice (219 total yards, 1 TD), Chris Johnson (186 total yards, 3 TDs), and Ryan Grant (20-137-2) put your teams on their backs as they lit up opposing defenses for some of the most impressive fantasy performances of the season.

And it couldn’t have come at a better time.

Chris Johnson continues to make a case for the MVP award. The Titans’ second-year running back has now scored 10 touchdowns in his last seven contests and is averaging an eye-popping 155.1 total yards per game.

As a side note, former St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk’s record for total yards in a season (2,429 in 1999) is within st...

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